In recent years, research into artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed multiple fields including visual perception and speech recognition. The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that worldwide spending on AI systems totaled $19.1 billion in 2018. 

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Professor Catherine A. Rogers, Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar and Professor of Ethics, Regulation & The Rule of Law at Penn State Law, and Director of the Institute for Ethics Regulation & The Rule of Law, Queen Mary, University of London, has written “Transparency in Arbitrator Selection,” Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration, Forthcoming.

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Neural Networks: The Potential Part 3 of 3 This is the third, and final, installment in a three Part series on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Online Dispute Resolution. Insight into the neural networking aspects of AI is drawn from an interview with Jacob Menashe, Doctoral Candidate in Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. There is great potential for adapting neural networks for ODR purposes. A neural network works like

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Part 2 of 3   This is the second installment in a three Part series on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Online Dispute Resolution. Please join the conversation and comment below.     ODR and AI   The subfield of Artificial Intelligence [AI] in Online Dispute Resolution has been progressing rapidly. There is no doubt that it will have a broad impact.   Law and AI are particularly well-suited to work together as they

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Part 1 of 3   This is the first installment in a three Part series on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Online Dispute Resolution. Please join the conversation and comment below.   One of arbitration’s principle advantages is the informality with which the process is carried out.[1]  Informality may lead to increased speed of dispute resolution and reduced costs.[2] However, recently arbitration has taken on some of the formal

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